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This two-day conference will feature a full technical program focused on mining, chemical processing, reclamation, environment, safety and public relations. With a full technical program, featuring 40 different presentations these two days will be filled with several educational opportunities. The exhibit hall with 80 exhibit spaces will host luncheons and a reception that will be the basis for you to network and make connections with professionals in the industry.

Off-site Field Trips

Discover new innovations, create meaningful dialogue and get inspired by participating in an off-site field trip and technical tour. See first- hand how others in the mining industry are improving methods, overcoming obstacles and reaching operational goals.

Tour of Streamsong Resort, a one-of-a-kind reclamation project by Mosaic

Tuesday, October 10, 2017 | Limit: 20 participants | Cost: $75.00

Streamsong is being developed by The Mosaic Company—the world’s leading producer and marketer of phosphate-based crop nutrients—and is founded on a commitment to its surrounding resources. Recognized the world over as an innovator in its field, Mosaic embraces its mission of helping the world grow the food it needs.

With more than 280,000 acres under direct ownership, Mosaic is also one of Florida’s largest landowners, and has owned Streamsong’s 16,000 acres of land in Polk County, Florida, for more than 50 years. In keeping with its commitment to land stewardship, Mosaic has reclaimed many of its former mining areas for public recreational or environmental uses. Now the transformation of this unique landscape gives rise to a new resort concept while also helping support the local economy is paramount to the resort’s development.

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Established in 1949 the Florida Section of the Society for Mining Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. (SME) is a legally constituted unit of SME. The SME FL Section helps to enhance the professional development of their members and provide local service to the public.